Some considerations about reviewing and open-access in scientific publishing

Paolo Politi, ∗ Satya N. Majumdar, † Antonio Politi, ‡ and Stefano Ruffo § Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy LPTMS, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology & SUPA University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, United Kingdom SISSA, Via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy Abstract Scientific research changed profoundly over the last 30 years, in all its aspects. Scientific publishing has changed as well, mainly because of the strong increased number of submitted papers and because of the appearance of Open Access journals and publishers. We propose some reflections on these issues.